Improvement in boiler-feed water-heaters



stent @wie HENRY NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 97,737, datedDccemlie-r, 1869.

`:mira-ao,vrai/Iriart- 1N` Bomen-FEED WATER-ananas.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

l'o all whom it may concern! Be it known that I, HENRY XVIGLEY, of NewAlbany, in the county of Floyd, and in the State of Indiana, haveinvented certain ,new and i useful` Improvements in Heating andPurifyngWater, Src.; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and

l exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the coustruction and arrangementof a device for heatingand purifying water before it passes to thestea-m-boilei 's.

lhe great trouble with boilers is the danger of mnd and sedimentaccumulating therein, which, in turn,

causes thegboiler easily to burn out. My invention will obviate thedifliculty` heretofore presenting itself in this respect. v

In order to enable Aothers skilled in the art to which my` inventionappertains, to make and use the same, 1 will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the Vannexed draw-ings, whichform Y a part of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 isV aground section;

Figure 2, a longitudinal vertical section; and

Figure 3, a vertical cross-section.

A represents a cylindricll reservoir, made of boileriron, its size to begoverned by the number and size ef the boilers, in cqnnectionwith whichit is to be used.

Inside` of `the reservoir A, is placed a smaller reservoir, B, oflialtlcylindrical form, open at the top, and extending from eud'to endofthe outer reservoir.

i The reservoir rests on perforated plates or supports C C at each end.i

Along the upper edges of the inner reservoir B, ex#

` tend ianges a a, which point downward, as shown in fig. 3, and outhese tianges rests a perforated V-shaped cap, or'cover, D, said capextending the whole length of the reservoir. i

A .winding or tortuous pipe, E, leads from the outside of the outerreservoir A, tlnouglrthe cap D, into the inner reservoir opening'at therear end of the same.

"llle outer reservoirA is provided with severalinlets and outletsLL-one,F, on the upper side, near the front end; one, G, on each side, aboutthe centre; and

' one, H, about the centre of the bottom. y

There is also an outlet, I, from the rear end of the bottom of the innerreservoir B, which out-let passes through the outer reservoir A:

The object and uses of. all these will be hereinafter fully explained.

The object of the apparatus being to cleansejand purify the water fromthe mud and' sediment in it, so as to make steam without the mud andsediment getting into the boilers and caking therein, and rendering theboilers Vliable to burn lout and explode, its practical operationsdepend, of course, on having the boilers `irsttlled, andthe machinerybelonging thereto in operation, especially the doctorf orpumpt-hatsupplies lthe water. Then the fresh water from the doctorf or pumpenters, by pipe E,into the reservoir B, and the steam from a pipeconnecting with the boilers en-I 'ters'by pipe F, and the action of thesteam upon the 'water thus admitted settles the mud andsediment, and

impurities of all kinds, in the bottoni ofthe inner `res-l ervoir B.

In the meanwhile, the purified water is continually flowing into theboilers from pipes G G.

The pipe I is a valve attached to the inside of the bottom of thereservoir, and to' which is attached a stop-cock, so that it can beopened whenever desired, and the mud and sediment accumulated in thereservoir by the action of the steam thereon will then be expelledfrolnthe reservoir. It is the peculiar shape of the reservoir whichcauses thewater, by the action of the steam thereon, to precipitate themud and sediment in the bottom. f

lhe centre bottom-pipe H is to drain the outside shell or heater A.

Having thus fully described my invention,

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters IJatent, is i 1. Areservoir constructed as, described, and counected with the boiler,substantially as herein set fort-h.

2. VThe combination of the outer reservoir A,'inn`er reservoirB,provided' with flanges a a, and V-shaped pertbrated cap D, tortuous pipeE, inlet F, and outlets G, H, and I, all substantially as herein setforth.`

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention, I have hereunto setmyhand, this 8th day of January, 1869.

, i HENRY VVIGLEY. Witnesses:

` 1t. M. WEIR,

G. H. DE'VoL.

